Tuesday, June 24, 2008

heidelberg

I like Europe more than any other continents *as of now. The history, the architecture, the atmosphere, the exotic languages... I simply love it.

Another thing that I like is that I can travel around quite easily (although it is slightly scary especially when I do not know the language) and it is pretty much safer than some parts of the countries that I have lived in :)

So... there we were... two curious souls longing for some European flavor in Frankfurt.


At Heidelberg station

Finally we reached the Alstadt 'old town' after getting lost


Uwahhh...so nice!!


starved to death.... and my huge delicious lunch


OK...after lunch, we have to shed some cals... time to climb up to get to the castle!


ah...reaching soon :)



The view from 'almost-there' spot: Heidelberg city


man... ain't it gorgeous! forget about getting lost or being tired... being there was awesome





The castle!!


the 'balcony'??

with Carose... the adventure of the duo


inside the castle's piazza

i love the fluffy tree...hihi


the sun-clock


the ceiling inside the castle...


that's the old time heater hehe


the other side of the castle


this gate was built in a day as a Bdae present to princess Elizabeth by her hubby

the residence next to the castle :)


it was bombed during WW2..see the ruins

city from top


a part of the tower was destroyed in a bomb..see the ruin behind Carose??



the guard is a Canadian English teacher :)




toy store.... arghhh just like in a fairyland



okay..the funny thing was that we took the Express train back to Zurich when our ticket only entitled us for a regular train. Unfortunately, there was a check right at Heidelberg station and we were 'kicked out' from the train at the next station. There we were.. in the middle of nowhere hahaha waiting for our train to come ^^


A tiring day. On our walk back to the hotel, suddenly a large group of roller-bladers passed through...woo hoo what an event!!



And so before I bid good-night... I took a pic from my hotel room :)



The great things about traveling by ourselves are:
1. Familiarizing yourself with their transportation system is cool. Next time you can travel on your own without worries
2. Getting to know interesting people along the journey
3. Learning from observing others behaviours and way of life
4. Brushing up your map-reading skill
5. You see more things than when you take a regular coach or tour package
6. The time is yours
7. Cheaper option?? let's see... my other friend spent 69euro for the tour package.. we spent:
29.5 euro for return train tix
3 euro for entrance
4 euro for english-guided tour
total: 36.5euro
8. ....

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Posted by Ddee at 11:09 PM

1 Comments:

  • lovely pics you have there. pose2nya juga lucu :p aih...

    By Blogger -ndutyke, at 8:21 AM  

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